Chapter 189 The Surgery Was a Success
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, the Lin family hurriedly finished their breakfast and rushed to the county hospital.
Today is the day Guo Rongrong will have surgery.
At the hospital, Li Xiaoxian, with a solemn expression, finished communicating the surgical plan with the surgeon, took a deep breath, and nervously signed her name on the surgical consent form.
The waiting time was long and agonizing.
The air in the corridor outside the operating room seemed to freeze.
Lin's mother clasped her hands together, closed her eyes tightly, and silently moved her lips as she prayed devoutly over and over again. Li Xiaoxian paced anxiously back and forth in the corridor like an ant on a hot pan, fine beads of sweat appearing on her forehead. Da Ni and Er Ni held Lin Baozhu's hands tightly, their small, cold hands covered in cold sweat.
Despite the doctor's repeated assurances that it was a routine surgery with a high success rate, the words "operation" still weighed heavily on everyone's minds. Better safe than sorry...
"bite--"
The glaring red light on the operating room door suddenly went out!
Everyone jumped up from their chairs as if a switch had been flipped! Their hearts were in their throats!
“Cousin…” Li Dani’s voice was trembling slightly, with tears in her eyes.
“Don’t be afraid,” Lin Baozhu squeezed her hand back firmly, her voice steady, “The doctor said it’s very safe.”
The operating room door opened, and the doctor removed his mask, a tired but relaxed smile on his face: "The surgery was a success! The patient's condition is stable. Go home and rest well, strengthen your nutrition, and you will recover soon."
"Thank you! Thank you, doctor! Thank you so much!" Li Xiaoxian was so excited that she couldn't speak coherently, thanking him repeatedly. The weight that had been hanging in her heart finally lifted.
Guo Rongrong spent another week in the hospital for observation and recuperation before finally recovering and being discharged. She is temporarily staying at the Lin family's house, waiting for her new house in Dageba Village to be completed.
Time flies by in our busy lives, and several days have passed in the blink of an eye.
These past few days, Da Ge Ba Village has been in complete turmoil! The entire village is united as one, with everyone fully engaged and working with great enthusiasm!
The village's labor force was divided into four teams:
Team One: Responsible for farm work in the fields, carefully tending to the crops that will survive the winter.
Team Two: They go into the mountains every day to set traps or hunt wild rabbits, providing a continuous supply of raw materials for the dried rabbit industry.
Team Three (mainly women): Skilled women gathered in a makeshift workshop, sewing and making hair ornaments.
Team Four: Responsible for processing rabbit meat, either air-drying it or making it into braised rabbit.
In addition, there is a squad of "child soldiers" who cut pig feed every day to feed the several large, fat pigs raised collectively in the village.
Three days later, the first batch of two hundred hairpins was finally completed on schedule! Li Xiaoxian rode the team's prized bicycle, full of pride, to the supply and marketing cooperative to pick up the goods. When he returned, he not only brought back the payment, but also a new order for five hundred hairpins! The team leader held the order, beaming from ear to ear, his wrinkles smoothing out!
When a person has something to look forward to in life, even their luck improves.
Just two days later, Li Xiaoxian secured another large order for a thousand hair accessories from a neighboring county! When the news reached the village, it was like an explosion!
Those who were previously dissatisfied with Li Xiaoxian's family moving their household registration to their village are now completely convinced.
Li Xiaoxian looks like a street thug, but he's actually got some skills.
The influx of orders is a good thing, but a problem has also emerged – the fabric is running out! The scraps of fabric we managed to get through connections are almost gone!
Lin Baozhu was a little anxious. She had a lot of beautiful and colorful materials stored in her space, but she couldn't find a suitable reason to take them out.
"Uncle, you've really worked hard these past few days."
Lin Baozhu found Li Xiaoxian.
"What's so hard about it!"
Li Xiaoxian waved his hand, his face filled with heartfelt gratitude and enthusiasm. "Dageba Village took in our family, gave us a place to live, and trusted me so much... I'm so grateful! This little errand is nothing!"
Here, he felt an unprecedented sense of respect and belonging, and he walked with his back straight!
"Uncle-in-law..."
"With orders coming in more and more, relying on our old connections to get fabric won't be enough. If we could find connections with textile factories and get some cheap, slightly flawed fabric... then our hair accessory business would truly have a solid foundation, and we'd dare to accept orders no matter how big they are!"
With the remaining fabric, there's a maximum of five hundred more flowers to make.
"Textile factory..."
Li Xiaoxian frowned and thought for a moment, "I don't know him, but I can try to find Brother Wang Er. He has many connections and might be able to help!"
After saying that, he immediately pushed his bicycle and said, "Baozhu, don't wait for me for lunch. I'll eat with Brother Wang Er in the county!" Before he finished speaking, he had already rushed out of the courtyard gate.
*
Meanwhile, in the office of the armed forces department in a certain place.
Qin Haifeng stood ramrod straight before his grim-faced superior. The notebook, seized from enemy agents, lay quietly on the desk.
"I never imagined... the enemy had infiltrated so deeply!"
The old leader's voice was deep.
"Luckily, you were alert and discovered the trick on the mountain in time! If they had let their plan succeed, a heavy rain could have triggered a landslide, burying those gas canisters deep underground... and if they leaked in the future, the consequences... would have been disastrous!"
He paused, his gaze sharp as a hawk's:
"The most urgent task is to find those hidden poison gas weapons as soon as possible and completely eliminate the threat! Also..."
The old commander's tone softened somewhat. He took out an envelope and a box wrapped in red velvet from the drawer and continued, "Comrade Lin Baozhu... has made a great contribution! But with the enemy agents still not eliminated, for her safety, the commendation can only be carried out in secret. You must personally hand over this certificate of honor and the one thousand yuan bonus to her! Also, from today onwards, you are fully responsible for Comrade Lin's safety! You must protect her!"
"Yes, sir! Mission accomplished!"
Qin Haifeng snapped to attention and saluted, his voice strong and clear.
*
At the eastern end of the village, laughter and chatter filled the makeshift hair accessory workshop.
Lin Baozhu was sitting with a group of skillful aunts and sisters-in-law, each holding needles, thread, and brightly colored scraps of fabric. With many weddings recently, she was thinking about designing some more exquisite and festive bridal headpieces. Although the materials would be more expensive, the more eye-catching designs would naturally fetch a higher price.
"Oh my goodness! Look at what Baozhu has done!"
A cheerful woman held up a sample that Lin Baozhu had just made, and exclaimed in amazement, "These flowers are so lifelike! If the bride wore one, wouldn't she steal the groom's heart?"
"That's right!"
An older woman nearby also came over to look, beaming from ear to ear. "You wouldn't believe it! I went to the market in town yesterday, and wow! The whole street was full of young women and wives, all wearing hair ornaments made in our village! The sight was... wow... I was so proud!"
"Who says otherwise! Our Da Geba Village has really made a name for itself this time!" Everyone chimed in, showering each other with praise.
Listening to the villagers' simple yet enthusiastic praise, Lin Baozhu lowered her head and smiled, her hands moving faster with the needle and thread. She wanted to praise them as much as possible; she loved hearing it.
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